Saturday 19 August 2017

GRACE NO SHOW AT SADC SUMMIT

The wife of the Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe, has failed to appear at the start of a regional leaders summit in South Africa.

Grace Mugabe, 52, is claiming diplomatic immunity after she was accused of assaulting a model last week.

She had been due to take part in the first ladies' programme at the summit. The authorities say she remains in South Africa and her request for immunity is under consideration.

Police want to interview Mrs Mugabe about an alleged assault at a hotel in Johannesburg. She is accused of hitting a 20-year-old woman over the head with an extension cord.
Police expected her to turn herself in on Tuesday, but she failed to show up. They set up a "red alert" at the country's borders to try to ensure she does not flee the country.

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said: "We, in terms of South African police, [have] already put tabs on the borders in relation to her leaving the country, so there is no question about that.


"So tabs have been put, a red alert has been put, so she is not somebody who has been running away."

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